Portland's growth surged from 2013 to 2014, the Census Bureau said Wednesday, with the seven-county metropolitan area's population rising to an estimated 2.35 million. Portland's growth was 15th-fastest among the country's 50 largest metro areas. Nearly half of the growth came from domestic migration – people moving to the metropolitan area from other parts of the United States.

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